Mayfield out of the 36 for Sonoma

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T-Mac39

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I notice on the Sonoma Entry list that Mayfield will be sitting this one out! It says that the driver is "TBA" but I think it's going to be Butch Leitzinger.
Also, it doesn't list the sponsor either. I know that 360OTC is in a little financial trouble but I don't really know what's up here.

IMO there is more to this story than simply putting a ringer in the car. Jeremy is a pretty decent road racer, especially at Sonoma he has a pretty decent track record.

EDIT to add: Even though Blaney is one of my favorites I would have thought it would make more sense to put someone in that car because it is so close to the top 35. Blaney has proven lately to be a decent road racer, but he hasn't had the finishes Jeremy has.

http://www.jayski.com/stats/2007/entries/2007sonoma-entry.htm
 
Now this is weird
"Seeing Double… There will be two Cat/BDR entries at the road course this weekend. Dave Blaney will be joined this weekend at Bill Davis Racing by road racer Butch Leitzinger who will drive the No. 23 Caterpillar Racing entry at Infineon Raceway. Jeremy Mayfield will return to his regular ride in the No. 36 360 OTC Toyota next week at [Loudon] New Hampshire International Speedway."

http://www.billdavisracing.com/cs22/news/0619spr.htm

What did they do, Bench the #36?
I don't understand this move, What about the points?
 
T-Mac39 said:
Now this is weird
"Seeing Double… There will be two Cat/BDR entries at the road course this weekend. Dave Blaney will be joined this weekend at Bill Davis Racing by road racer Butch Leitzinger who will drive the No. 23 Caterpillar Racing entry at Infineon Raceway. Jeremy Mayfield will return to his regular ride in the No. 36 360 OTC Toyota next week at [Loudon] New Hampshire International Speedway."

http://www.billdavisracing.com/cs22/news/0619spr.htm

What did they do, Bench the #36?
I don't understand this move, What about the points?
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i thought that was weird also....i understand sitting Mayfield and letting someone else drive the car....but for that car to be rebranded and renumbered for the race may go a little deeper.....
 
Oh there is no big deal to me, I don't really give a rats a$$.
I just think it is interesting that they are basically throwing away the owner points they would get by using the #36. The #23 was just entered yesterday so it is ineligible for points.
 
i dont know, they might be borrowing the 36's owner's points for the weekend...
 
Magnethead said:
i dont know, they might be borrowing the 36's owner's points for the weekend...
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#36 team to get #23 owners pts: Q) Butch Leitzinger is in the #23 car this weekend for Bill Davis Racing, but why not put him the #36 for owner points?
A): Great question. I [Tom Jensen] just went to the Nextel Cup garage here and spoke with Mike Brown, general manager of Bill Davis Racing. He said that the owner points the #23 gets this weekend will be credited to the #36. It's the same team, but sponsor Caterpillar wanted both cars with consecutive numbers this weekend, so BDR asked NASCAR if it was OK to change numbers but still have the points go to the #36 and NASCAR approved it.(FoxSports/Tom Jensen)(6-23-2007)
 
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